And like I said, plenty of those types of products exist to solve that problem... http://hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hvr_external.html http://hauppauge.c

And like I said, plenty of those types of products exist to solve that problem... http://hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hvr_external.html http://hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hvr_external.html http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/ http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/ ...what I was describing is the problematic issue with CableCard and the DRM problem: the inability to run a trustworthy OS (i.e. non-Smart-TV-solution-that-spies-on-all-your-viewing-habits) to process encrypted QAM and the like... ATSC solutions are aplenty, some of the best are the Silicondust hardware.